The search for susceptibility genes in osteoarthritis

Abstract This work engaged Finnish females affected with osteoarthritis (OA) of the hand to define the role of common sequence variations within the genes of the important structural protein of cartilage, aggrecan (AGC1), and the genes of inflammatory mediators, the interleukin 1 gene cluster and i...

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Main Author: Kämäräinen, O.-P. (Olli-Pekka)
Format: Doctoral Thesis
Language:English
Published: University of Oulu 2009
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Online Access:http://urn.fi/urn:isbn:9789514291449
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